Big Hike In Western Springs Virus Cases: County

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL — The rate of new coronavirus cases in Western Springs increased significantly last week, according to the Cook County Public Health Department.

As of Sunday, the village had experienced 2,671 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 145 new cases in the last week. The previous week, the village saw 84 cases.

For four weeks last June and July, the village's coronavirus case count did not budge.

The number of Western Springs' virus-related deaths stayed the same in the last week, at six. The latest deaths were reported May 31 and May 11, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. That's a mortality rate of less than 1 percent. All the local deaths have been those who were 53 or older, according to the county medical examiner.

Here's a look at the number of accumulated cases since the beginning of the crisis:

As of Sunday, Western Springs had 200 coronavirus cases per thousand people since the pandemic's beginning. The figure compares to 159 in Darien, 173 in Hinsdale, 179 in DuPage County, 189 in Elmhurst, 194 in Clarendon Hills, 196 in La Grange Park and suburban Cook County and 203 in La Grange.

As of Sunday, Illinois' coronavirus case count increased to 2,897,174, a 4.5 percent increase from the previous week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The number of confirmed deaths so far is 30,688.

Nationally, 74 million cases of the coronavirus have been reported, a 5.5 percent increase from the previous week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A total of 879,971 people have died from the virus in the United States.